PCSK9 genetic variants and risk of type 2 diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study

2016384 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Amand F. Schmidt · Farr Institute

Daniel I. Swerdlow · NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre

Michael V. Holmes · University of Oxford

Riyaz Patel · St Bartholomew's Hospital

Zammy Fairhurst-Hunter · Centre for Human Genetics

Donald M. Lyall · University of Glasgow

Fernando Pires Hartwig

Abstract

British Heart Foundation, and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre.

Topics & Keywords

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genomics and Rare Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Volume 5, Issue 2, pp. 97-105

DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(16)30396-5

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